Drugs like cocaine and even marijuana and nicotine affect the brainâs natural function. The drug overwhelms the brain with a chemical called dopamine. Dopamine makes the brain and body feel pleasure. When the drug wears off, the dopamine drains out of the userâs system. This makes a person feel that the only way they can feel pleasure is by taking drugs.
In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known as the Classic Mac OS with its release of the original Macintosh System Software. The system, rebranded Mac OS in 1996, was preinstalled on every Macintosh until 2002 and offered on Macintosh clones for a short time in the 1990s.
Often abbreviated as OS, an operating system is a powerful, and usually large, program that controls and manages the hardware and other software on a computer. All computers and computer-like devices have operating systems, including your laptop, tablet, desktop, smartphone, smartwatch, router... you name it. Examples of Operating Systems Laptops, tablets, and desktop computers all run operating systems that you've probably heard of. Some examples include versions of Microsoft Windows (like Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP), Apple's macOS (formerly OS X), iOS, Chrome OS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, and flavors of the open source operating system Linux. Your smartphone runs an operating system too, probably either Apple's iOS or Google's Android.